Coiled‐coils: The long and short of it

L Truebestein, TA Leonard - Bioessays, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Coiled‐coils are found in proteins throughout all three kingdoms of life. Coiled‐coil domains
of some proteins are almost invariant in sequence and length, betraying a structural and …

Dynamic contacts: rearranging adherens junctions to drive epithelial remodelling

M Takeichi - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2014 - nature.com
Epithelial cells display dynamic behaviours, such as rearrangement, movement and shape
changes, particularly during embryonic development and in equivalent processes in adults …

Accurate de novo prediction of protein contact map by ultra-deep learning model

S Wang, S Sun, Z Li, R Zhang, J Xu - PLoS computational biology, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Motivation Protein contacts contain key information for the understanding of protein structure
and function and thus, contact prediction from sequence is an important problem. Recently …

Rho‐associated kinases in tumorigenesis: re‐considering ROCK inhibition for cancer therapy

N Rath, MF Olson - EMBO reports, 2012 - embopress.org
The Rho‐associated (ROCK) serine/threonine kinases have emerged as central regulators
of the actomyosin cytoskeleton, their main purpose being to promote contractile force …

A dynamic microtubule cytoskeleton directs medial actomyosin function during tube formation

AJR Booth, GB Blanchard, RJ Adams, K Röper - Developmental cell, 2014 - cell.com
The cytoskeleton is a major determinant of cell-shape changes that drive the formation of
complex tissues during development. Important roles for actomyosin during tissue …

[HTML][HTML] β-Catenin and FGFR2 regulate postnatal rosette-based adrenocortical morphogenesis

S Leng, E Pignatti, RS Khetani, MS Shah, S Xu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Rosettes are widely used in epithelial morphogenesis during embryonic development and
organogenesis. However, their role in postnatal development and adult tissue maintenance …

Apical sarcomere-like actomyosin contracts nonmuscle Drosophila epithelial cells

JS Coravos, AC Martin - Developmental cell, 2016 - cell.com
Actomyosin networks generate contractile force that changes cell and tissue shape. In
muscle cells, actin filaments and myosin II appear in a polarized structure called a …

Shroom3 functions downstream of planar cell polarity to regulate myosin II distribution and cellular organization during neural tube closure

EM McGreevy, D Vijayraghavan, LA Davidson… - Biology …, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
Neural tube closure is a critical developmental event that relies on actomyosin contractility to
facilitate specific processes such as apical constriction, tissue bending, and directional cell …

A molecular ruler regulates cytoskeletal remodelling by the Rho kinases

L Truebestein, DJ Elsner, E Fuchs… - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
The Rho-associated coiled-coil kinases (ROCK) are essential regulators of the actin
cytoskeleton; however, the structure of a full-length ROCK is unknown and the mechanisms …

SHROOM2 inhibits tumor metastasis through RhoA–ROCK pathway-dependent and-independent mechanisms in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

J Yuan, L Chen, J Xiao, XK Qi, J Zhang, X Li… - Cell death & …, 2019 - nature.com
SHROOM2 is a key mediator of RhoA–ROCK pathway that regulates cell motility and actin
cytoskeleton organization. However, the functions of SHROOM2 beyond RhoA/ROCK …